Device for holding overshoes in place



( Modem 1! DEVIGE FOR HOLDING OVERSHOESIN PLACE. No. 539,361. Patented May 14, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. IRA coop, on ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING OVERSHOES IN PLACE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,361, dated May 14, 1895.

Application filed March 13, 1895. Serial No. 541,608- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRA GOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Overshoes in Place; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding and securing rubber overshoes in place.

The invention consists of a fastening piece made of a flexible steel rod, which is adapted to rest along the back of the shoe and having formed integrally therewith or securely fastened thereto, outwardly curved arms formed with an inwardly extending flange which is adapted to fit the seam or crease between the heel and the upper of the inner shoe. Upon the forward ends of these curved arms are straps by means of which the device may be firmly secured to the inner shoe. A spring catch is secured to the upper end of the said rod, which is formed to fit an eyelet in the upper part of the rubber.

.The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device detached. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through a shoe having my fastening device attached and a rubber overshoe applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the eyelet in the upper end of the rear portion of the rubber.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the various views. 7

1 represents the shoe, and 2 the heel thereof.

My securing device consists of a flexible steel rod 3, having a spring catch 4. near its .upper end, and having firmly secured to, or integrally formed with it at its lower end two curved arms 5, 5, having inwardly projecting flanges 6 thereon and straps 7 at their forward ends. The rod 3 is adapted to rest along the rear portion of the inner shoe 1, and the flanges 6 are adapted to fit the crease or seam between the heel 2 and the upper of the shoe 1. The straps 7 secure the device firmly in place.

In connection with this device I use'a rubber over-shoe 8 formed with an eyelet 9 at the upper end of the rear portion thereof. The over-shoe 8 fits over the inner shoe 1 in the ordinary manner and the spring catch 4 is passed through the eyelet 9 and the rubber thereby secured in place.

The invention is very simple in construction and can be made at a very small cost and is extremelyeffective for the purpose for which it has been designed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a shoe, of a securing device for over-shoes, consisting of a rod adapted to fit along the rear portion of said shoe, having a spring catch at the upper end thereof, outwardly curved, inwardly flanged arms at the lower endthereof, and straps secured to the forward ends of said arms, by means of which the same are secured in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IRA GOOD. Witnesses: 7

BENJ. S. PEARSALL,

L. S. TAYLOR. 

